He spoke in the wake of concerted efforts to oust President Jacob Zuma following his controversial cabinet reshuffle last week.
Buthelezi called on fellow opposition parties to guard against provoking the ANC after noting the “emotive language” used during Monday morning’s meeting of opposition parties in Johannesburg. His party participated in the briefing.
Speaking on Monday afternoon‚ Buthelezi said the IFP participated in deliberations in the interests of peace and change.
“We believe that the president has failed South Africa and we recognise that action must be taken to avert disaster‚” he said.
He added that the party supported the DA and the EFF’s requests for Speaker Baleka Mbete to urgently reconvene parliament to debate a motion of no confidence in Zuma. But he was not sure that the motion would be successful.
